Smugglers’ Route Luyksgestel
Luyksgestel, Lommel
With this cycle route, you will discover the smuggling past of Nellie from Luyksgestel. Look back on her story with her and experience life as a smuggler in the Brabant countryside. At a young age, Nellie started innocently smuggling packets of butter to earn a sweet. But later in life, smuggling became a necessity for daily maintenance. Together with her little brother Toon and his friends, Nellie devised various schemes to get butter and cigarettes across the border. For her little brother Toon, this was not enough. He decided to get a calf across the border on his own, but was caught and had to spend several weeks in jail. Nellie absolutely did not want this to happen again and made sure from then on that she would make the plan. But is it still so innocent? Or does it go from bad to worse? The route starts in the cosy centre of Luyksgestel and takes you past the highest natural point in North Brabant, before crossing the border and the canal towards the Belgian town of Lommel. Afterwards, try to cross back across the border unseen past the customs house and cycle down the smuggling path to outsmart the customs officers. Watch out for the crow's feet in the centre of Luyksgestel and finish your cycle route with a tasty snack and drink on the terrace. Border Stories Border stories demonstrate the versatility of the region of North Brabant in a unique manner. North Brabant is located on the border of the Netherlands and Belgium and between the provinces of Limburg, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland and Gelderland. The border has a rich history with stories about smugglers, closed borders and borderless collaborations. There is a reason why this border has always played an important role in the life of the people of Brabant. Experience routes that have been developed with this theme tell the story of the Brabant border and the unlimited nature of the region. View them all via visitbrabant.com/en. Photo: ©VisitBrabant Routebureau
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Zwarte Bergendreef 1, 5575 XP Bergeijk | 27.1 KM | |
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From
24
to
231
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4624 M | 4.6 KM | |
| Head south | 517 M | ||
| Continue onto Piet Hendrikxpad | 116 M | ||
| Turn right onto Boscheind | 264 M | ||
| Continue straight | 543 M | ||
| Continue onto Kattepoel | 629 M | ||
| Continue left onto Venakkerweg | 243 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 389 M | ||
| Turn right | 552 M | ||
| Turn left | 261 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 3 M | ||
| Turn right | 512 M | ||
| Turn left | 595 M | ||
| You are now at section 231 | 0 M | ||
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From
231
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230
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597 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head east | 141 M | ||
| Keep right at the fork | 456 M | ||
| You are now at section 230 | 0 M | ||
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From
230
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224
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2097 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head north | 67 M | ||
| Turn right | 312 M | ||
| Turn right onto Lossingsweg | 100 M | ||
| Turn right | 8 M | ||
| Turn left | 30 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 662 M | ||
| Turn right onto Speelpleinstraat | 131 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Speelpleinstraat | 787 M | ||
| You are now at section 224 | 0 M | ||
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From
224
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229
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3083 M | 3.1 KM | |
| Head south on Speelpleinstraat | 462 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Heibergstraat | 704 M | ||
| Turn right onto Adelberg | 5 M | ||
| Turn left onto Gasstraat | 197 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Molsekiezel | 148 M | ||
| Turn left onto Dorp | 668 M | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Einde | 41 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Einde | 858 M | ||
| You are now at section 229 | 0 M | ||
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From
229
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228
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5042 M | 5 KM | |
| Head northeast on Karrestraat | 875 M | ||
| Turn right onto Norbert Neeckxlaan (N712) | 622 M | ||
| Turn left onto Sint-Ritastraat | 2.3 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Luikersteenweg (N715) | 1.1 KM | ||
| Make a sharp left to stay on Luikersteenweg | 130 M | ||
| You are now at section 228 | 0 M | ||
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From
228
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227
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2955 M | 3 KM | |
| Head northwest | 3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 227 | 0 M | ||
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From
227
to
226
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1402 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head north | 13 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kolken | 1.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 226 | 0 M | ||
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From
226
to
25
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2464 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head northwest on Kolken | 283 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto In de Hutten | 2.2 KM | ||
| Continue onto In de Hutten | 10 M | ||
| You are now at section 25 | 0 M | ||
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From
25
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24
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4787 M | 4.8 KM | |
| Head northwest on Vlieterdijk | 2.2 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Dorpstraat | 19 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kerkstraat | 150 M | ||
| Turn right onto Meerendreef | 11 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kerkstraat | 183 M | ||
| Continue left onto Gestelplaetse | 36 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kapellerweg | 432 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 11 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 1.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 24 | 0 M |